ActsWestminster John Knox Press, 1988 |
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... interest- ing character than even history . A pleasant , if somewhat ideal- ized , recollection of the past becomes an assault upon present reality , a bold refashioning of the church , a critique of our current discipleship ...
... interest- ing character than even history . A pleasant , if somewhat ideal- ized , recollection of the past becomes an assault upon present reality , a bold refashioning of the church , a critique of our current discipleship ...
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... interest- ing , exciting , or historically valuable — which they often are . Our claim is that these stories , the ones you and I must preach and teach in our church today , are nothing less than true . That is , they help us see the ...
... interest- ing , exciting , or historically valuable — which they often are . Our claim is that these stories , the ones you and I must preach and teach in our church today , are nothing less than true . That is , they help us see the ...
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... interest is one thing . News that con- tinues to sway the lives of millions and give meaning to lives generations later is news worth pondering . A person is being unbelievably obtuse to ask , after attending a performance of Macbeth ...
... interest is one thing . News that con- tinues to sway the lives of millions and give meaning to lives generations later is news worth pondering . A person is being unbelievably obtuse to ask , after attending a performance of Macbeth ...
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... interests of the historian . Without such subjective interests , his- toriography would be nothing more than a jumble of unrelated data without meaning . Whoever looks for nothing in history finds nothing . Luke is a true historian ...
... interests of the historian . Without such subjective interests , his- toriography would be nothing more than a jumble of unrelated data without meaning . Whoever looks for nothing in history finds nothing . Luke is a true historian ...
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... person's life indicates the direction his or her life will take . Much that will have significance later can be seen in our origins . Therefore it is with great interest that we 27 turn to the birth of the church at Pentecost .
... person's life indicates the direction his or her life will take . Much that will have significance later can be seen in our origins . Therefore it is with great interest that we 27 turn to the birth of the church at Pentecost .
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Page 56 - John what things ye have seen and heard : the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.
Page 191 - I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will fail; 39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!
Page 86 - But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Page 161 - If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all — how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Page 36 - Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him.
Page 161 - Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.
Page 168 - For rulers are not a terror to good conduct but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good.
Page 58 - And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.
Page 97 - I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.